the obama plan, they did not receive the full benefit of the bush tax cuts. that is just a fact. if your income is over $500,000, you get the full rate reductions. this is a very bizarre rate structure in the amt. congress was quite cognizant of that rate structure when they enacted the 2001 act and decided not to change because it had the impact of making that tax cut look less on affordable than it actually was. host: you talk, independent caller, good morning. -- utah. caller: i have a question and for mr. buckley that i think is kind of a no-brainer. when i was in business, i am retired now, but whenever any of my expenses went up, taxes included, for taxes levied on one of my suppliers or any think under the expenses column, i would just turn around and increase the cost of whenever i was doing to my customer. it seems to me that whatever the tax increase is the businesses, small, medium, or large, unless the velocity has changed, they're just going to turn around and pass on the extra expenses to their customers, who would be the middle class. has this